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2. First-person view (radio control) - Wikipedia

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   First-person view (FPV), also known as remote-person view (RPV), or video piloting, is a method used to control a radio-controlled vehicle from the driver or pilot's viewpoint. Most commonly it is used to pilot a radio-controlled aircraft or other type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) such as a military drone. The operator gets a first-person ...

3. Radio control - Wikipedia

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   US Air Force MQ-1 Predator drone flown remotely by a pilot on the ground Quadcopter, a popular radio-controlled toy. Radio control (often abbreviated to RC) is the use of control signals transmitted by radio to remotely operate a device.

4. Unmanned aerial vehicle - Wikipedia

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   Control systems for UAVs are often different from crewed craft. For remote human control, a camera and video link almost always replace the cockpit windows; radio-transmitted digital commands replace physical cockpit controls. Autopilot software is used on both crewed and uncrewed aircraft, with varying feature sets. [80] [81] [82]

5. History of unmanned aerial vehicles - Wikipedia

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   The Naval Aircraft Factory assault drone "Project Fox" installed an RCA television camera in the drone and a six-inch television screen in the TG-2 control aircraft in 1941. [29] In April 1942 the assault drone successfully delivered a demonstration torpedo attack on a US destroyer at a range of 20 miles from the TG-2 control aircraft. [ 29 ]

6. Operation Aphrodite - Wikipedia

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   The remote control system was insufficient for safe takeoff, so each drone was taken aloft by a volunteer crew of a pilot and a flight engineer to an altitude of 2,000 ft (600 m) before transfer of control to the CQ-4 operators. After successful turnover of control of the drone, the two-man crew would arm the payload and parachute out of the ...

7. Radio-controlled aircraft - Wikipedia

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   First-person view (FPV) flight is a type of remote-control flying and a distinguishing feature of a drone. It involves mounting a small video camera and television transmitter on an RC aircraft and flying by means of a live video down-link, commonly displayed on video goggles or a portable LCD screen.